Mitten.



PATENTED APR. 14, 19103.

J. F. CAMPBELL.

MITTEN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1o, 1902,

N0 MODEL.

UNITED rArns ArnNr @tripa roi-1N FRANK CAMPBELL, or MAPLnToN, KANsAs.

srncIFrcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,217, dated April 14, 1903.

Application filed June 10, 1902.

T a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Beit kno wn that LJOHN FRANK CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mapleton, in the county of Bourbon and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Mitten, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to mittens, and particularly to a double mitten constructed from woven textile fabric.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply-constructed, thoroughly-efficient, and durable form of double mitten in which the number of parts thereof is reduced to a minimum and in which all seams are positively shielded from Wear.

With these and other objects in view,as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a double mitten, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like nnmeralsof reference indicate correspond` ing parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof. Y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in plan of the mitten-blank, showing one of the thumbs partially secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of the thumb-sections. Fig. 3 is aview in perspective of the completed mitten before the parts are nested or inserted one within the other to present a double mitten.

The mitten may be constructed of any suitable woven textile fabricsuch as heavy canton-annel, cloth, or the like-and is com-V posed of three parts-a body l and two thumbsections 2. In practice it is designed to cut out a number of the bodies and thumb-sections at onetime by the employment of suitably-shaped cutters, thereby to effect uniformity in the product and to cheapen the cost of its production.

at each end with two rounded extensions 3,

The body is provided Serial No. 111,037. (No model.)

which when the mitten is assembled constitute the end thereof, and with two flaps 4, constituting the remaining thumb-sections, these flaps being formed by oppositely-disposed incisions 5.

In constructing a mitten in accordance with the present invention the thumb-sections 2 are laid upon that side of the goods which will be the inside of the mitten and are secured thereto by rows of stitches 6 and 7, the row of stitches (3 being at the base portion of the thumb and is set some distance back from the edges of the incision and ot the base ofthethumb-sections. The base ofthethnmbsection and a portion of the body are then folded upon themselves, as shown at 8, and are secured to the body by a row of stitches 9, thereby associating the base portion of the thumb with the body by a double row of stitches. At the crotch of the thumb the thumb-sections 2 are provided each with a lappet 10 for reinforcing the thumb at that point. After the thumb-sectons are thus secured to the body the latter is folded upon itself longitudinally of its length, with those portions that will constitute the outside of the mitten opposed, and the two sections are then secured together by a row or rows of stitches that terminale adjacent to t-he base of the thumb-sections, leaving thereby an opening of a length sufficient to permit of the mitten-sections being turned inside out, thus throwing all of the seams on the inside of the parts, after which the opening is closed by hand, as by a running-stitch. The parts are then nested, and a double mitten is presented that is seamless at the wrist. 1f from long continued use the outer mitten becomes Worn through, the nesting of the parts may be reversed, thus to cause the worn section to constitute the lining and the unworn section the mitten proper, thereby presenting a practically new mitten.

The mitten of this invention is particularly adapted for use by motormen, laborers, and farm-hands, who are compelled to have their hands exposed while working, and by' reason of the cheapness of the materials from which this mitten is made and the consequent low price at which it may be sold it will be found to fill a long-felt want for such uses.

A feature of the invention to be accentu- IOO the thumbs, leaving thereby an opening to permit of the mitten being turned inside out, thus to throw the seams wholly Within the structure.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as A my own I have have hereto afxed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN FRANK CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

MARION WEBB, WM. DIXER. 

